OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY

FEMA Floodplain Information

If your property is listed on this FEMA Floodplain list, the Ouachita Parish Police Jury wants to inform you that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) has included your property in a special flood hazard area on FEMA’s new preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps.  
If you have a loan on your house through a federally regulated lender and do not already have flood insurance, your lender will require you to purchase flood insurance when the new maps become effective.  You might be able to take advantage of certain cost saving options available through the National Flood Insurance Program if you purchase flood insurance before the maps become effective.  
If you feel that FEMA’s map changes are incorrect, you have the right to present FEMA with an appeal or protest of the change with the proper documentation. If you deliver your appeal or protest to the Ouachita Parish Permit Office at 1650 DeSiard St, Suite 202, in Monroe, by 4:00 p.m. on October 1, 2010 they will be forwarded to FEMA.
"Click Here" to open the form to appeal FEMA's placement of your property in FEMA's new floodplain map.  You will want to check the "This is an appeal of base flood elevation (BFE) determinations" box, and fill out as much of the form as possible.  Here is the documentation for completing the Appeal / Protest to FEMA.

For more information, please call the Ouachita Parish Permit Office at (318)398-9780.

FEMA Floodplain List
http://www.oppj.org/FEMA/Floodplain.pdf

Directions for Completing the Appeal / Protest
http://www.oppj.org/FEMA/appeals_and_protests.pdf